I will have this done, so I order it done; let my will replace reasoned judgement.
Man, wretched man, whene’er he stoops to sin, Feels, with the act, a strong remorse within.
The fisherman could perhaps be bought for less than the fish.
The skilful class of flatterers praise the discourse of an ignorant friend and the face of a deformed one.
A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.
For He, who gave this vast machine to roll, Breathed Life in then, in us a Reasoning Soul; That kindred feelings might our state improve, And mutual wants conduct to mutual love.
Everything is Greek, when it is more shameful to be ignorant of Latin.
Fond man! though all the heroes of your line Bedeck your halls, and round your galleries shine In proud display; yet take this truth from me – Virtue alone is true nobility!
All arts his own, the hungry Greekling counts; And bid him mount the skies, the skies he mounts.
I only feel, but want the power to paint.
It is unmistakable madness to live in poverty only to die rich.
The greatest hardship of poverty is that it tends to make men ridiculous.
Every fault of the mind becomes more conspicuous and more guilty in proportion to the rank of the offender.
This is my wish, this is my command, my pleasure is my reason.
Revenge is sweeter than life itself. So think fools.
No one every suddenly became depraved.
Bad men hate sin through fear of punishment; good men hate sin through their love of virtue.
Great power which incites great envy, hurls some men to destruction; they are drowned in a long splendid stream of honors.
Few people can distinguish the genuinely good from the reverse.
The love of money grows as the money itself grows.